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Alternative to external link to course

 
Sarah Paisley
Alternative to external link to course
بواسطة Sunday, 16 April 2023, 10:13 PM - Sarah Paisley
مجموعة Learn Site Administratorمجموعة V18 Program Complete

I am wondering if anyone has any alternatives to adding a link to the URL for an externally provided course on a website?

Craig Eves
Re: Alternative to external link to course
بواسطة Thursday, 20 April 2023, 8:32 PM - Craig Eves (Totara Support)
 

Hi Sarah

What sort of external course is it -is it a Moodle, Linkedin, SCORM or Totara course ?

Do you need to login to the external course - are you wanting to pass the grade back to Totara?

regards



Sarah Paisley
Re: Alternative to external link to course
بواسطة Tuesday, 25 April 2023, 2:11 PM - Sarah Paisley
مجموعة Learn Site Administratorمجموعة V18 Program Complete

Thanks for your reply Craig.  Just a link to an externally provided elearning coruse e.g. NPS Medicinewise.

Craig Eves
Re: Alternative to external link to course
بواسطة Tuesday, 25 April 2023, 6:46 PM - Craig Eves (Totara Support)
 

Hi Sarah

Adding a label with a hyperlink link and maybe some embedded  content, activity completion conditions, access restriction  provides a bit more flexibility. 

Can you describe in more the problem you are trying to solve by not including a link to the external course?

Regards





Sarah Paisley
Re: Alternative to external link to course
بواسطة Thursday, 28 May 2026, 7:51 PM - Sarah Paisley
مجموعة Learn Site Administratorمجموعة V18 Program Complete

The external tool looks useful however it requires LTI and I note none of the external training we link to have this. Looking for a way to integrate the learning with the LMS so it recognises completion.

Natalia Kurikova
Re: Alternative to external link to course
بواسطة Tuesday, 2 June 2026, 4:49 PM - Natalia Kurikova
مجموعة Helpful contributor 2024مجموعة Learn Site Administratorمجموعة Most helpful contributor 2023

Hey Sarah

Something like LTI or external SCORM is going to allow to recognise completion.

If that is a separate training that doesn't have an integration, then I don't think it's possible.

I think we've had to set up external link with manual completion for learners in the past (but that was not a high-stakes training, so learners manually marking they completed was viable)